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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Found a peanut!

I found my camera in a bizarre place......hanging from a fence post around my pool and I have no idea or recollection of putting it there........

So first for some finishes, followed by some purchases and then some stash enhancment! Here's the little conical bag for the flower girl. The florist wanted $70 for whatever he was doing. Cha'ching...not!

Now the finally finished graduation sampler for my s-in-l........

I found a great new (to me) quilt and fabric shop and had to pick up some woolies and a pattern that I fell for.... The pix does not do it justice. ... it is too too cute.

More stash enhancement.....a guy from work has the difficult task of cleaning out his parents home after their passing. He knows there are several sewers at work and is bringing in a few tubs at a time for us to to puruse (he has about 40 in all!!!) He doesn't know what to do with the stuff and is really torn because it was his mother's passion so much so after she passed several years ago, his father couldn't bring himself to get rid of it....... It was really difficult to go through this stash knowing it was so important to his mom and then so painful for his dad to even consider getting rid of it...........so, it took a while but we finally were able to dig in. I got some trims and ribbons and some awesome metal teeth zippers....

The smocked piece is awesome and so it the ribbed ruffle. It reminds me of some elizabethian collar and I have no idea what I will ever do with it.

Next, purchases......I got this great three tiered basket from Joanne Fabrics. It is about 30 inches tall. Part of the reason it was so great it that is was 1/2 price and I have a 10% off of all purchases from a guild discount. I quick threw some stuff in the baskets for effect......I am thinking this can do double duty on a buffet table at a picnic or at the holidays. And lastly I mounted curtain rods on the wall, hung hooks over the rods and have all my lucite rules at hand. Not an original idea but I still like it. Slowly but surely I am getting my crafting studio in shape!

I love your idea of hanging your rulers from a shower rod. I'm trying to figure out how to arrange things in mine too. I think that the longer you're in your area, you find more and more what things will work for you.

Love your two finishes - the flower bag is wonderful and such a wonderful keepsake and the sampler is too!

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